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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis comprises: a drive section that displaces an assembly, which is formed by assembling a lens holder displaceable in the direction of the optical axis together with a plurality of magnets disposed around the lens holder, in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis by the plurality of magnets and a plurality of coils disposed at positions facing the magnets in collaboration with each other, wherein the plurality of coils include two coils placed side by side with respect to a same magnet.